“…More recent evidence shows that a range of traits that are often summarized as “non‐cognitive” or “socio‐emotional” skills play an equally important role in shaping students' everyday learning behaviors and their academic performance (De Feyter, Caers, Vigna, & Berings, ; Poropat, ; Spengler, Brunner, Martin, & Lüdtke, ). Besides motivational constructs such as task values or academic self‐concepts (Eccles & Roeser, ; Marsh, ; Marsh & O'Mara, ), the Big Five personality traits have emerged as potent predictors of academic performance at school (Borghans, Golsteyn, Heckman, & Humphries, ; Poropat, ; Vedel & Poropat, ) and university (McAbee & Oswald, ; Richardson, Abraham, & Bond, ; Vedel, ).…”